>> see you next sunday, of course. >> that's going to do it for us. i'm jamie colby. great to have you here for sunday house call. >> and media buzz with howard kurtz on the media, destructing it, contracting it, howard, up now. >> take it, howie. >> on the buzz beater this sunday, a war of words breaks out on chris chris christie's office and msnbc over the scandal that's enveloped the governor which took a turn as new jersey mayor accused christie's folks of pressuring for a real estate deal in exchange for hurricane sandy relief aid. it christie has called msnbc a partisan angle. >> new jersey chris christie giving an explanation today for that traffic. >> for the second time in a

week, governor chris christie faces a ticking clock. each second takes him closer to the moment when those he has blamed for this bridge scandal testify under oath. >> the bully label may not stick to new jersey governor chris christie even after revelations of the bridge scandal surfaced last week. >> is the coverage of christie approaching overkill? and what about hillary on the cover of "time." are you media treating her better. michelle obama turns 50. and the pundits get out the party hats and celebrate. have they gotten carried away? i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. it started with that george washington bridge scandal, of course, but now almost everything about chris chris tie and his administration is under journalistic investigation. msnbc has been leading the charge with rachel mad ydow

leading with the story almost every single night. >> the most important thing knew about chris christie before today was this e-mail, today new jersey governor chris christie and the politically motivated shutdown of lanes on the george washington bridge turn a took into jersey city. the reason this photo is particularly awkward is because the guy he is interacting with in this photo, the guy in the dark shirt and the white shirt and the red tie is david loustein. say you are in new jersey and for some reason you want to go to new york -- >> but new allegations by the hobokin mayor have breathed new life into the story. joining us now, lauren ashburn, jonah goldberg, and john aravocis, the founder and editor of american blog.com. lauren ashburn, what's your take

on christie's office calling msnbc an openly partisan network? >> surprise, surprise. there's no news there. but we have to take seriously what zimmer says because she took an oath of office. she wrote a journal about this and there are other allegations of retribution. >> the mayor of hoboken is on record. she's getting pressure over this real estate deal. but she's going to msnbc now after previously praising christie publicly and in various tweet messages. >> yeah. i'm not sure of the simple fact that she took an oath of office means we have to take her seriously. a lot of people take oath an office but we don't have to take them seriously. >> but she's not just some -- >> in physics, you have this thing called the had he isenberg uncertainty. by observing somebody something one change it.

you asked if this was overkill. we passed overkill. it's hard to find organic matter left in this thing. the overkill over this story has been to such an extent that it in effect encourages lots of people to come out of the woodwork and make accusations. but the sudden shock and horror at the idea that partisan politics goes on in new jersey is bizarre to me. >> before i get you in here, let's play a little of the mayor of hoboken appearing yesterday on msnbc. >> the bottom line is, it's not fair for the governor to had an hold sandy funds hostage for the city of hoe boeken because he wants me to give back to one private developer. >> it's not just this. lawrence o'donnell produced an anti-christie attack ad. where do you stand on the msnbc question and the overkill charge both by mr. goldberg here?

>> sure. as lauren said, msnbc's evening hosts are partisan and they openly admit it. having said that, steve karnackie has done some reporting on this that is quite valid. but before this scandal, the media was too friendly christie. the guy that loved president obama before the election, the guy who is going to be the republican nominee. now he's fallen so low. that's part of the media's overinterest is they thought he was a god before. >> but we also have the jersey mayor saying he had a whole bunch of meetings that were canceled when he declined to endorse the election. but what about this point? i'm wondering whether or not the media are distinguishing now, after previously swooned over christie, between plain old hard ball politics and improper

payback. >> i agree with jonah, this is plain old new jersey. but he crossed a line. we're talking about serial abuses of government power. there is no bigger story in news. >> i don't -- look, if you type in chris christie, which is beyond idiotic, and the george washington bridge to the governor of illinois has seen half of its governors since 1960 go to jail, but none of them have gotten this kind of coverage. >> but the presidency is the issue with christie. >> i agree. but you said earlier, that the evening host of msnbc are partisan. i'm kind of at a loss to find a daytime one who isn't, either. look, you know who isn't running for president? president barack obama. and he's actually the president and i've seen nothing like the

kind of passion and intensity that we've seen -- >> about obama on tv? >> about obama in terms of potential wrongdoing and investigation from any network certainly like msnbc other than fox. >> we can get boo a whole obama discussion, but the media keeps talking about was this obama's worst year ever. but let's get back to christie. i mean, i think what is interesting here is not putting aside the criminality because i think it matters, lauren, but because he's running for president, just saying that people have this temperament in new jersey doesn't mean that temperament works nationally. and i think the media has honed in on something which is does this guy have the temperament to be president? is he too nasty? and now we're finding out does the nastiness move to -- >> i agree with you and i agree that it was overhyped and this is the fall that comes from being overhyped. at the same time, i think one of the lessons all republicans should be taking by this is most

of the mainstream media has declared the race to the mainstream has begun. they're going to go after and feed at republicans the way they don't against democrats. >> hillary clinton, come on. >> what about headquarter lk? >> miss still leto in "time" magazine. >> defensive. >> of course. >> i like to look at individual stories. so i was critical of this kcnn report which everybody has picked up which said christie is under another federal investigation because of on on possibly misusing hurricane funds because he and his family appeared in ads. i think it's important to make a distinction here between the mayor of hoboken and the mayor of new jersey city. these were elected officials. maybe they are motivated to pile on. these seem to be legitimate stories but that one seems to be hyped. >> the idea that entire national press corps thinks christie is the most

explosive person in the land -- >> jonah, it is -- he is the chairman of the republican governor's association. and has been seen as the front-runner. i'm not saying that coverage hasn't been excessive. there has been excessive coverage on certain networks. but i am saying that this is a national figure who deserves that kinds of voout scrutiny. >> we had a report that came out this week about benghazi, right? where has been the coverage on hillary clinton? i agree this is a huge story, it's a huge scandal for jersey politics. but the idea that it's a national story is bizarre to me. >> there's a certain constrict to your -- we'll get to hillary and benghazi in the next segment. when chris christie won that re-election, he was all over television, he was on the cover of magazines. so he became in that moment and was -- >> hurricane sandy. >> and then he became in that

moment a national figure. now, i have felt that some news organizations have been keeping this story alive on many days when nothing happens. okay. other days, it's churning the way we tend to do. but to say hey, it's a state story, should we be obsessed with 2016? we should not, but we are. >> i'm saying the level of scrutiny and hysteria that has been aimed at this story is so wildly disproportionate to the reality of it. >> you know, he did a two-hour press conference. it's not like -- >> it was aired live on all these networks. >> but fox only carried an hour. >> only an hour. >> acknowledge hour is a lot and two hours could be seen as excessive. >> this is house of cards playing out, right? >> jersey politics.

on our program last week during our discussion of chris christie and the scandal coverage, brit hune, one of our handle pivots made some news. we're going to replay that and it got picked up just about everywhere, including "the daily show." >> i would have to say in this atmosphere in which we exist today, guys who were masculine and musk ewe lar like that in their private conduct and kind of old fashioned tough guys run some risks. >> feminized? >> feminized atmosphere. >> of new jersey? the state whose chief exports are axe body spray and lick farts? that? that atmosphere? >> jon stewart had a field day. but brit explained further what he meant on the o'reiley factor. >> it is a fact of our contemporary life that if you have that tough guy persona, you

do run the risk of being accused of being a bully. >> so the media perception of chris christie influenced by the feminized culture. >> the media loved this guy. voters loved this guy. while he was coloring inside the lines while being a bully. as soon as he colored outside the lines and started having actions that people didn't like, then all of a sudden it became okay to bash him. >> so you don't think it's the culture, you think it's the change in the way christie is perceived because before when he was a tough guy in your face, get off the beach -- >> we loved him. but if you're too much of a bully, then people aren't going to like pup. >> jonah. >> i think there's some truth to that. i think there's a lot of truth in the word brit said. in a country where kids are being sent home from school for

making guns out of toast, we can say we have something of a too sensitive culture. one our variable, chris christie was the guy that helped barack obama get lekded and the media loved that story. >> because he was seen as a guy who was putting the welfare of his state above partisan politics. >> yeah. look, i am not disputing that. i am sure that's the narrative that a lot of people in the media told themselves they loved bit. but that doesn't mean it's not part of the story. now that he is a republican looking at 2016, it changes. >> i think the feminine argument is ridiculous. we've all become too feminine? it is bizarre. we all agree on that. >> we don't all agree, but go ahead. >> it's not feminine. it's called gentlemanly and good manners. christie has a record o, if you look on youtube, that has been shock onning to people. ive worked in politics. i worked in the u.s. senate for five years. you do not generally get into women's faces, point your finger and yell at them if you're an

elected official. it's not a smart move in this country. that's not if i femininezation. christie has a pattern that has perceived as crossing the line. >> send me a tweet about our show. when we come back, hillary, as we mention dollars, on the cover of "time" magazine and is accused of keeping a political hit list. and later, a former "new york times" editor taking on a cancer patient. hey, buddy? oh, hey, flo. you want to see something cool? snapshot, from progressive. my insurance company told me not to talk to people like you. you always do what they tell you? no... try it, and see what your good driving can save you. you don't even have to switch. unless you're scared. i'm not scared, it's... you know we can still see you.

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hillary clinton made the cover of "time" this week.

jonah goldberg says my problem with that piece is no one on the hit list got hit, according to the article. so is it news that a politician staff is keeping track of who has been friendly or unfriendly or endorsing in 2008 or not endorsing? >> not whatsoever. i think it is -- and first of all, this is a woman who used to keep people in her ploy who were professional hit list keepers. the idea that hillary clinton keeps a hit list is as unshocking as partisan politics in new jersey. and i think male politicians, female politicians, they all keep lists of their friends and their enemies. >> but calling it a hit list suggests there's retaliation against those who cross them. everyone knows the clintons run a very aggressive political machine. but as the piece says, not keeping such lists would be political malpractice when you're trying to figure out who your supporters are. >> i think politico was probably trying to get some clicks. >> right lane? >> but i think they were, though.

i guess it's interesting that she codified it into something more written or whatever. >> right. all politicians -- >> you could be graded from one to seven on how bad you were. >> yeah. but when i worked in the senate, we didn't keep a list, but we knew who gave and who were big campaign supporters. i was aware of who were the special constituents. that's politics. >> this "time" magazine cover, let me hold it up here. "can anyone stop hillary?" ashburn, what do you think of the stiletto there? >> come on, we have to move beyond gender stereotypes. there are a lot of aggressive women in politics and in business who sometimes are seen as -- i won't say the word -- >> does it begin with a b.? >> yes, as very hash. this fuels that. i can't understand why nancy begins all gibbs allowed this to happen. >> she, of course, the managing editor of "time."

>> yes. now, what about the fact that two years out, there is a whole cover story on hillary clinton and this goes back to what we tauld talked about in the first segment, 2016, rather than focusing on the problems of 2014, with christie and hillary, the media are starting the race now. >> well, it doesn't matter. these are public figures. we are going to start this early. we did it last time. we're doing it now. political reporters are bored. they want to do something that is going to pop. and this cliched image of domineering woman is ridiculous. >> i know you're going to bring this up. so there are a couple of paragraphs about benghazi and hillary staying with secretary of state. but this is will she run, maybe she won't run, was your take on the hillary object session at the moment? >> my problem isn't that it's offensive to women. i find it incredibly a boring and cliched cover. this is an image that goes back

40 years now. although i was a big fan of the attack of the 50 foot woman, the spy movie. that's it. my point was simply that in terms of intensity and passion, what's interesting here about all of this, is that this shows how barack obama has entered his lame duck phase already. the media is bored with him for good reasons and for bad. and they are much more interested. when was the last time anyone listened to barack obama give a speech the way they do the chris christie? people are interested in chris christie. people are interested in hillary. and they're not interested in what's going on in the actual white house any more. >> friday's speech on nsa surveillance and reform got a fair amount of media attention. but jonah goldberg says basically people are tuning out the last two years of the obama administration. >> if you talk to the obama people, they would love for the media to stop talking about

obamacare's failures and start talking about its successes. but benghazi, benghazi, benghazi. news flash, of the of the country doesn't find it to be a story. that's why you're not seeing the coverage there. i think on hillary, yeah, we all agree it's sexist and it's clee share the way they're treated. an interesting story, they called her like a legal late trick about this woman who has risen to an amazing height. the media -- >> the woman was hanging on to a man's wing tip, there is there would be an explosion. >> thanks very much. still to come, michelle obama turned 50 and the media are filled with gushing tributes. and later, do journalists criticize a woman for tweeting about her battle with cancer? i bought a car, over and tells you, and you're like. a good deal or not. looking at truecar.com. there's no buyer's remorse.

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michelle obama turned 50 on friday. she had perfected a mean forehand working on her yoga poses, dishes with girlfriendes and bruzel sprouts and dirty martinis. people magazine has a first spread in which the first lady doesn't rule out using botox and cnn made it a special titled extraordinary first lady turns 50. joining us now, julia mason in washington who hosts the press pool on sirius/xm radio. isn't the tone of some of this a little over the top? >> howie, she's turned 50. this is a huge milestone. and let's face it, michelle obama attracts eyeballs. if you want to sell people, if you want people to click on your site, put michelle obama up there and your page is looking

fabulous at 50 and you're going to move product. everyone is doing it. the first lady is popular, she's a mom. not taking anything away from her. there wasn't even skepticism. >> no. and there's plenty to say about michelle obama. she's much more complex than that. sure, should he she's not an elected official, but she's an important public figure. she's made some public missteps. you can take issue with her policy agenda which is pretty light for someone with her influence. >> on that point, she did give what i thought was an important speech about encouraging low income students to go to college. but even that was brushed aside from for all the stuff about brussel sprout and bow ties. >> it's a disservice to her. >> what do you think about that? not to mention what she wears. >> i think that's a legitimate concern. i think she is a woman with tremendous substance and i wish

more of the conversation was focused on all that she's done as first lady. that said, it's her birthday week, so we can can all talk about all that she's done and influencing policy next week. this week, let's just have a michelle obama party, okay? >> no, no, no party. >> you can be my plus one, julie. are you sure? >> is it the media's job to be part of the party? >> no, absolutely not. and that's what i'm saying. there are country tooen technique toes be made and they rarely get made. it's almost like a princess diana phenom with michelle obama. >> the only -- she gave during this period was the one with "people" magazine. >> we push all the time for access from the white house. >> you used to cover the white house. >> and i covered the eat wing, too, which is a real pressure cooker. here, the white house gives no access except to "people" magazine. where is the incentive for us to

provide us with interviews? we undermine our own message here. >> michelle obama is a role model because she's the first avenue can american in that post. i don't remember laura bush getting anything like this coverage when she turned 60. when hillary was in the white house, she turned 50 and she was on the cover of "time." i think michelle obama brings eyeballs. i think if laura bush or hillary clinton brought eyeballs, they would have gotten the same attention. michelle obama is a pop culture phenom and that's why she's getting all this attention. i've interviewed her twice over the years, howie. she is a rock star. if you travel with her, people come out in droves in the streets. i've seen it in pennsylvania and i've seen it in south africa. she's bigger than a political figure. >> the news media has in part made her a rock star. laura bas burn was an incredibly popular first lady. i don't remember the media celebrating her in the same way

they celebrate michelle obamoba. >> michelle obama is very interesting. media savvy -- >> dynamic character. >> she goes on jimmy fallon or ellen and dances and does a lot of schtick. but at the same time, because she's popular and drives ratings, it does raise questions of fairness that if we're in position of celebrating her and she's a democrat and a republican first lady didn't get the same treatment, that troubles me a little bit. >> and she is deserving of critical coverage. where is the agenda? the high turnover in the east wing. some of her missteps get glossed over because she is so popular. >> you would give her a pass this week because turning 50 is such a baby boomer thing we should all resolve in vel in it? >> that's exactly what i'm saying, howie. she should be looked at because of the policy work she's done. she's a brilliant woman. and i think more of the focus should be on her brain and not

her beauty or her brawn. that said, this week, let's focus on the other "b," her birthday. and next week, julie, next week, next week you can take her to task for not allowing you to interview her, okay? >> oh. >> every day. i'm on that every day. >> one of the penetrating questions in the "people" interview was is it a lot of pressure to keep your arms so toned. >> it is anti-feminist and she should speak out against that. >> no. >> you want to look good, but that is 00% of the coverage, hair, makeup, celebrity. >> look, i've got my arms out. i think michelle obama liberated a number of women in the news. we didn't have to wear the blazers and the card begans and the shrugs any more. you're working out, she is a billboard for her own message. she believes in health, she believes in eating well, what better michelle than michelle obama's arms.

she's given us a right to bear arms and i like it. >> thank you so much for joining us. after the break, robert gates said his book about president obama was hijacked by partisan. really? i need proof of insurance. that's my geico digital insurance id card - gots all my pertinents on it and such. works for me. turn to the camera. ah, actually i think my eyes might ha... next! digital insurance id cards. just a tap away on the geico app. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ugh. geico. little help here.

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at a philadelphia high school gym on friday that wounded two students. right now, he's being held on $500,000 bail after turning himself into police yesterday. two other teenagers have been released after they found that they had not done any wrongdo g wrongdoing. i'm jamie colby. i'll see you back here at the top of the hour at america's news headquarters. i was credit calling last week when we debated robert gates' memoirs. a former defense chief pushed back. >> are you surprised by the action? >> not really surprised, but in a way, disappointed that the book@has sort of been hijacked by political along the political spectrum to serve their own purposes, taking quotes out of context. what has been lost in the news

media is that i actually agreed with virtually every decision president obama made in afghanistan. >> that may be true, but it was gates and his publish whore put out the juicy anecdotes because that's how you generate buzz and sell books. as an author, i know that's how the game st played. gates did say more positive things about president obama and hillary clinton in his book duty and said he agreed with the president's decision, as we just heard, on afghanistan. but that was overshat shadowed about what was said behind closed doors. so there's little point in him blaming the media coverage because that's the way the book was marketed. still to come, we'll be right back in just a moment.

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christa freeland is a lifelong journalist who is a familiar face on cable news. she gave that up last year to return to her native canada and win a seat in the parliament. in a piece for politico magazine she writes much of the media is based on stark and writes about what much of the culture is about how vial political leaders are. how snarky is the media culture and weren't you part of it for many years? >> of course. and i wrote about that, howard. and i do want to start off by

saying i don't mean -- and if you read the whole piece, i hope this will come across as some sort of self-righteous scold or come across as holier than thou. but my main point was -- and as you know, this was sort of taking off on a debate that has been raging in the blososphere about snark and which is the right approach. and the main point in the blososphere is that smarm is rose colored glasses and not about real life. and my argument was we need to have more of a culture of what the ceo of pepsi called positive intent in our political sphere, more of a belief and a focus on the things that we can come together to do to get things right rather than -- >> if i can just -- >> yes, do you want to stop me because i'm too kumbayaish?

>> not in a snarky way. but when you were on my show or any other cable show, you were expected to pop. you were expected to say something spikey. >> i was watching the show today and i heard someone say no one is interested in what happens in the white house any more. no one is going to be interested at all. and i thought to myself, you know, that is so sad. and people need to focus on the positive and focus on the projects and the work politicians are doing, not just on the horse race element. and then i thought to myself, oh, no, that would probably not sell very many magazines. having said all of that, i think we have to collectively try to move in that direction because at the end of the day, what this is about is can we have effective democracies. >> right. but by being snarky, to use your term, some people would say skeptical, doesn't journalism

sometimes expose political spin and political cover-ups and political nocinations. >> absolutely. and as you know, howard, one of the points i made in the piece is there is a fundamental distinction between jobs that you would call the job of the critic or the prosecutor and the job of the builder. and if you're in a critic role, which a lot of journalism is in that critic position, then of course, you have to be a prosecutor, an investigator, uncover what's going on. but my argument was we also really need a space. and i would say particularly in a political arena where we focus on building, where we talk about constructively what can we do. and i was actually, as i was thinking about talking with you today, howard, i thought a little bit about the difference between political journalism and business journalism, which as you know, i've done a lot of. and business journalism, i think, actually tends to focus less on the personalities, more on what business does. of course, it needs to be

critical and certainly post 2008, a lot of financial journalists said we have to be more critical than we had been. but there's more of an ability to, say, think about the steve jobs apple coverage and celebrate and say, wow, these guys have come up with something great and new. >> i read a lot of stories about marissa mayer, yahoo! andtech t. but i guess i want to come and close on this. was it in part disillusionment with journalism that prompted you to leave what was a pretty nice job in new york and go up to canada and run as a party member? >> not disillusionment, but it was a desire to move into the world of being a builder. and trying to do something contractive and positive. so yes, that -- >> as opposed to tearing things down? >> no, moving -- no, not so much that, but as you pointed out,

there is an element of being a critic and certainly an observer, which is an essential part of being a good and honest journalist. and i really think there's some big problems we faced right now. as you know, my work has focused a lot on the hollowed out middle class and the way the 21st century economy is working differently. and i felt maybe there was something i could do to help come up with a solution. >> a good note to end on. thanks very much for j checking in with us from toronto on your new life. >> pleasure. coming up, a former "new york times" editor and his wife hit with a huge backlash for questioning how a woman dying of cancer is chronicling her story. our digital download is up next. hey mom. yeah? we've got allstate, right? uh-huh. yes! well, i found this new thing called... [ dennis' voice ] allstate quickfoto claim. [ normal voice ] it's an app. you understand that? just take photos of the damage with your phone and upload them to allstate. really? so you get [dennis' voice] a quicker estimate, quicker payment, [normal voice] quicker back to normal.

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time now for our digital download. bill keller this week challenged a woman who was dying of cancer, questioning whether she should be tweeting and blogging about her excruciating pain and -- >> twitter and facebook erupted with outrage that the former "new york times" editor took on a woman who is sharing her cancer journey with the world, an outpouring that force onned the paper and keller to respond and how it forced lisa adams, a prolific blogger and tweeter to respond by saying this. worth repeating to @new yorktimes keller, i am alive. do not write me off .make statements about how my life ends until it does, sir. and another tweet from her, the fact that he got wrong about me only required actually reading my tweets and blogs. >> i found bill keller's column and of his wife to be insensitive and tone deaf, but

they were crucified online as if they had attacked lisa adams. i have been astounded at how utterly misconstrued it has been. >> then he shouldn't have written it the way he wrote it if it was misconstrued. it seemed to me that he attacked a woman who was busy, going on her journey, going about her business, talking her way through her cancer treatment. >> he says in his own paper that he respects her choices and seems to believe anything short of an unqualified write on lisa is inhumane. my take would be if he is bothered by what she's saying about her stage four cancer, nobody has to read it. >> and nobody has to write about it in this way, either, saying it's too much information, and who is she to be talking about death like this? i think this is part of the keller again rigz wish social media, it has a broader scope

here. and it is that that generation thinks you should keep things quiet. our generation, my generation and those younger than me say we're going to share. this is our prerogative. we have the tools to share. twitter, facebook, and that's what we want to do. >> right. everyone lives online now and if they want to share, i don't have any problem with that whatsoever. and that is the therapeutic, i think, probably for somebody who is going through such a terrible struggle and has three kids. >> but that's not what keller or his wife, emma, said in "the guardian." >> "the guardian" took down her column after this criticism erupted. she made a partial apology saying given lisa adams' health, she should have given her advanced warning in the article saying that she was going to quote from private messages. i regret not toing so. >> all journalists will gasp at

that. you can't do that, under the guise of talking to someone as a friend then quote them in "the guardian." >> but bill keller point out that his wife has been a double mastecto mastectomy. >> are you saying you think it's well deserved? >> no. she's a mother of three going about her own business who is at stage four cancer. when this happened, she was going through the worst radiation treatment she could have. and now has to defend her on twitter and on facebook. how insensitive. she should be focusing on her care. and i admire emma keller for apologyizing and i think bill keller should do the same. >> obviously, he thinks he was misconstrued. >> obviously, a lot of people don't. and attacking a young woman who is trying to deal the best way

she can with her life seems not just to be ignorant of what is happening in the world, but also to be mean. and she has one other tweet that says everyone has a right to die how they want. i am exactly the one who will refuse treatment when it's time to, but that is not now. >> we'll be back with a buzz word of the segment in just a moment. oh! progress-oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on progresso.com. visit truecar.comoney,com,t and never overpay.yer's remorse. a good deal or not. "okay, this is the price,"sman comes and you're like.ells you,

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realizing he had lost the race. >> i just can't believe you're going to lose. >> yeah. >> so what do you think to say in a concession speech? >> by the way, does someone have a number for the president? >> it's a glimpse at the -- that romney never could provide on the public stage. >> and you have to admire a man for doing this, you absolutely do, for allowing cameras into such a personal moment that could have been a very awkward for him. i remember at the republican cover vengz, ann romney came out with a wonderful memory about mitt romney and his sons in his kitchen playing pranks. and it is true, a lot of people think you never got to see on the trail. >> people thought of him as plastic. >> people are liking this movie. let's continue the conversation on twitter, @mediabuzzfnc. we'll respond to your xhoendz

facebook. we'll be back here next sunday morning as we are next sunday morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 5:00 p.m. eastern, back at you with the latest buzz. >> hi, everybody. i'm jamie colby and we welcome you to a brand new hour inside america's news headquarters. hello, jamie, and hello, everyone. i'm rick schodd. it's a new delay and a new day and delay for obamacare. the administration reportedly putting on hold yet another key provision of the law. that is until the irs can sort it all out. we'll have a live report on the latest and a u.s. senator will be here to react. plus, a reporter from the "wall street journal" goes for a walk in the woods, but never returns. the fbi is